"Revolution" portrays life 15 years from now when all electricity fails, sending the world back into the dark ages. Parts of the show take place in Chicago, offering an overgrown, jungle-like view of some of the city’s most famous landmarks.

"I’m from the Midwest, and it was not meant as a dig," said Kripke. "It was meant as a ‘Wouldn’t that be tragic irony, that I’m rooting for the Cubs and they finally won the year the world ended?’ It was about rooting for a team I have great affection for, but they didn’t see it that way. It’s their team, and I get it."

So, north siders, watch the teaser video as it was released earlier this year to get a glimpse of what could have been: